http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists...665737,00.html

A lot of what Monbiot writes is rubbish, and bunging a few iffy statistics in doesn't make it any less rubbish.

But the right of centre, (and I speak as one myself) do need to wake up to the huge amount of public bunce the private sector consumes. Its not just, or mainly, the direct subsidies, but all the externalities.

Of course Monbiot goes too far (I suspect he thinks taxes grow on trees sometimes, instead of being paid by companies and workers) but this sort of article does help put public spending in perspective.

(There are still a lot of lazy bastards working in the public services though)